Barrel-former



(No Model.)

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No. 307,313. Patented Oct. 28,1884.

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BARREL-FORMER.

ECFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No, 307,313, dated Qctober 28, 1884.

Application tiled July 1S, 1854.

T0 @ZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS L. LEE, a citizen ofthe United States, residing at Memphis, in the county of Shelby and State of Tennessee, have invented certain Improvements in Barrcl-Formers, of which the following is a description,

Figure l is a side elevation, partly in seciion. Fig. 2 is an inside view of one of the former-heads, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a side view of the middle disk, E. Fig. 4 is a sectional view through one of the formerheads, and Fig. 5 is a longitudinal sectional view of the barrel formed on the machine.

My invention relates to certain improvements upon the barrel-former for which Letters Patent No. 290,334c were granted me December 18, 1883; and it consists in such peculiar construction and arrangement of parts as permit a barrel to be quickly made without skilled labor, which barrel may be either of the form shown in my Patent No, 290,335, in which a middle partition is nailed to spaced staves, or one in which the middle partition is supplanted by an inside hoop, as hereinafter described.

The machine herein illustrated is designed more especially for making this latter construction of barrel, which barrel I propose to make the subject-matter of a separate application for a patent.

In the drawings, A represents the baseframe, from one end of which rises a rigid upright, B, and facing which, at a distance representing the length oi a barrel, is an adj ustable upright, B. To the inner sides of these two uprights are loosely j ournaled the formerheads C G, each composed of two circular disks nailed together, with the grain of the wood crossed, to prevent splitting, and the inner ones of which disks are of less diameter than the outer ones, so as to form a circular groove or rabbet to receive the ends of the staves. To form the journals for these heads n a circular hole of about six inches diameter is sawed in the center of each, and the piece a, Fig. 4,which.comes out of this hole, is nailed to the `uprights, and then to this is nailed a larger disk, b, which is about twelve inches in diameter, and which,by overlapping the .former-heads, holds the latterfrom slipping off.

(No model.)

Dis a central mandrel, which passes through the disks a and I) of each upright, and to which is fastened by a key, c, a middle disk, E, which has arabbeted periphery armed with a metal band, and having on its face of smallest diameter a series of turn-buttons, d. This middle disk is designed to receive the middle inside hoop ofthe barrel, (shown at fc, Fig. 5,) which hoop is placed upon the iron-bound smaller circumference ot' the disk, and the buttons then turned to hold it in place. To this wooden hoop the staves are then nailed, the nails clinching against theiron periphery ofthe disk. The ends of the staves rest in the rabbeled edges of the former-heads, and the former-heads are held from revolving by the bolts c e. The bolts are also used to align the staves as they are nailed, in conjunction with the wedge shown in my former patent, No. 290,334, and the staves are spaced also in accordance with the construction shown therein. The upright B is hinged at the bottom at f to a horizontal adjustable slide, B2. This slide is provided with flanges overlapping the base-frame A, and is fixed in its adjustment in relation to the base-frame by a slot, y, and set-screw, h. This permits the upright B to beset closer to or farther from the upright B in adapting my former to longer or shorter barrels. The upright B is also provided with a brace, i, hinged at the top to said upright, and adapted to abut against a notched cleat,

j, on the slide B2 when said upright is adjusted to a vertical position. The object of this brace and the hinge at the bottom of upright B is to permit the latter to be thrown to one side, as in dotted lines, with its former-head, the mandrel, and middle disk, and thus permit the barrel to be removed and transferred to the bench G, where its ends are drawn together with a rope, the heads inserted, and the outer hoops put on. To take the partiallyformed barrel oit' the middle disk, it is only necessary to turn the buttons and slip the barrel longitudinally therefrom.

Then a barrel is to be made with a middle partition, the middle disk, E, is dispensed with, and its place is supplied by the partitiondisk which is to be incorporated in the barrel. The manner of making the barrel is as follows: The inside hoop is first placed around ICO Y iron, if desired.

the center disk. rihestztves are then nuiled to some, close or apart, :rs desired, until the circle is formed. The adjustable upright is then bent down, and the barrel or stoves ns they stand nailed to the hoop removed, and a tenipornrv hoopplzieed around one end to prevent theni spreadingl while the first head is being: pnt in. lt is then teken to the bench,I the drew-rope plucedv around the Steves, sind by use of the trendle or lever the strives are drawn in to the size ol the head, the head being tacked together, so that dll the pieces may he held in plneennd the heed put in and the first hoop put on. flhe barrel is th en reversed und the other end treated inthe seine manner. These hoops are then set down fur enough to receive the last hoops, which put on :ind the hnrrel is coinp ete. The enlire hooping :1nd lvnding cnn be done at the bench, the two disks on top the bench serving;1 ns forniers for the two or more sizes olihoops. A third one is added il" quarter-hoops :irc desired. The circular mandrel @un he ninde entirely of Having thus deseri lied my clniin its new isl. Vilhe eoinhinnl'ion, with the buse-frameV and the n iright B, henrinw smveholdino' de- I r- D D vices, of :t central mandrel, the upright i),

hineed it its lower end and carrying,Y stave i holding` devices, und eslidingndiusteblefrnnxe bearing the upright l, :is und for the purpose described.

2. The 'combination with the hz'tSe-frnine.

| l l i a i l i l l i i i i l l und the upright B, bearing stave-holding de vices, of the upright B', bearing stave-holding devices and hinged at its lower end, a central mandrel, and d rnbbeted and ironbound disk, E, loeztted upon the mandrel midway between the up ri ghts, ns and for the purpose described.

3. The rnbbeted and iron-bound disk E, in combination with turn-buttons on its smaller hice, the central niundrel, and the uprights B und B", f'ith stave-holding,` devices, as and for the purpose described.

The combination of the base A, upright B, having; rnhhetedhend C, Vand the adjustsble slide Bf, carrying hinged upright B with rdhheted head C, as and for the purpose described.

5. The combination, with the uprights B l, of the journal-disk a, attached to the uprights, the revolving` heads C, and the holdi ngdisks I), fastened to the disks a und overlapping nud retaining the revolving` heads, as

und for the purpose described.

6. The combination ofthe base A, uprights Y g B B, with lmrrel-forincrs C C, one oi which invention, what l llnrryingsind hinged upright, and the brace uprights is hinged nt its bottoni end, the slide fi, hinged to the snid upright and adapted to ind n benring against n sont, j, of the slide, es

und `for the purpose desoribed.

THOS. L. LEE.

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